Articles published in March 2018

A GMAT Timing Lesson from the German Bobsled Team

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Manhattan Prep GMAT Blog - A GMAT Timing Lesson from the German Bobsled Team by Ryan Jacobs

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Did you watch any of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang? If not, you missed out not only on some curling action that brought the house down*, but also on the most spectacular hockey shootout goal I’ve ever seen. If you saw it, you know the one I’m talking about! But there’s one other important thing you may have missed: an important lesson about GMAT timing. Read more

Big GMAT Skills: Shedding Your Biases

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Manhattan Prep GMAT Blog - Big GMAT Skills: Shedding Your Biases by Reed Arnold

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In our first post, we discussed what I would call the behemoth of big GMAT skills: reading with specificity and objectivity. Today, we’re going to focus on the latter of the two to delve into another one of the most important big GMAT skills: stripping yourself of biases. Read more

MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed: I Must Have a Recommendation from My Supervisor

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Manhattan Prep GMAT Blog - MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed: I Must Have a Recommendation from My Supervisor by mbaMission

What have you been told about applying to business school? With the advent of chat rooms, blogs, and forums, armchair “experts” often unintentionally propagate MBA admissions myths, which can linger and undermine an applicant’s confidence. Some applicants are led to believe that schools want a specific “type” of candidate and expect certain GMAT scores and GPAs, for example. Others are led to believe that they need to know alumni from their target schools and/or get a letter of reference from the CEO of their firm in order to get in. In this series, mbaMission debunks these and other myths and strives to take the anxiety out of the admissions process.


MBA admissions committees often say they understand if an applicant does not have a recommendation from a supervisor, but do they really mean it? Even if they say it is okay, if everyone else has a supervisor writing a recommendation, not having one would put you at a disadvantage, right? Wrong. Read more

When is an Absolute Value Not an Absolute Value?

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Manhattan Prep GMAT Blog - When is an Absolute Value Not an Absolute Value? by Chelsey Cooley

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… when it’s a distance on a number line!

Okay, that doesn’t quite work as a joke. But it does work as a GMAT Quant strategy. Intimidated by absolute value GMAT problems? Read on to learn a quick and painless strategy. Read more